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ORA-10662: Segment Has Long Columns Errors When Shrink Table (Doc ID 2408913.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 06, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.4 and later
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Symptoms

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Getting 'ORA-10662: Segment has long columns' errors while performing shrink on table with LONG/LONG RAW column datatype.

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Cause

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